Improvement in cloak-blankets



L C. A. HODGMAN.

Cloak-Blanket. y No. 215,619. Patented May 20,- 1879 IN EJV'TOR N.PETERS. PncrLrmocmPHEn, WASHINGTON, D CA UNITED STATES PATENT ll'IGElKCHARLES A. HODGMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HODGMAN & CO., OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOAK-BLANKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,619. dated May 20,1879; application filed March 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. HODGMAN, of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cloak-Blankets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ofthe drawings is a representation of a face of mycloak-b1anket, and Fig. 2 is a View showing the same folded up.

My invention relates to that class of coverings for soldiers, coachlnen,and the like resembling the ponchos of the Spanish, and used for similarpurposes, made of rubber, rubberlined cloth, water-proofcloth, and thelike 5 and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement ofsuch parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In carrying out my invention I employ preferably a rectangular sheet ofrubber cloth or other impermeable material properly bound and stayed, asshown, in one of the longitudinal sides of which I forni a V-shapedrecess, to the edges of which I secure the longest parallel side of atrapezoid, which forms the collar when used as a cloak, and is adaptedto be turned 'down or up as a guard against weather, as desired.

Upon one side of this Vshaped recess I attach a strap, which operateswith a gripe or other buckle secured to the material on the oppositeside of the said recess to secure the cloak closely around the neck andbody of the person Wearing the same.

A proper buckle'secured at the point of attachment of the strap servesto operate with such strap, when the blanket is folded, in securing thesame compactly.

It will be understood that the collar or trapezoid strip may be providedwith a hole and button, or other proper securing device, to hold thesaid collar dat and compact When the article is used as a blanket, theinclined ends of such strip forming a perfect plane with the edge ofthat side of the material.

Other securing or attaching devices may be employed, such as eyelets,buttons, hooks, &c., properly stayed in the material upon the co1-lar-edge.

This invention would serve efficiently for a soldier, the collar portionallowing more perfeet security against wet and Weather` than thebefore-mentioned poncho, and being adapted to be secured upon theknapsack in its compact form, as shown.

The collar serves efficiently, when turned down, against falling rain,and, when standing, against drifting rain or Wind.

The device may be used by coachnnen, serving efficiently for man orbeast.

Referrin g to the drawings, A represents the rectangular sheet of waterproof material, being provided with proper desired securing devices anda V-shaped recess, B, as shown. C represents a strip in the form of atrapezoid secured on its longest parallel side to the edges of saidrecess B, forming the collar, which being folded upon itself and securedforms a perfect plan of the rectangular sheet, as shown.

D represents a strap, and D a frictionbuckle, which, operating together,serve to secure the device around the body as a cloak. A buckle, E,serves with the strap D to secure the device compactly, as shown in Fig.2.

I claim- 1. The rectangular sheet A, having' securing devices andneck-recess B, combined with the trapezoid strip C, as and for thepurpose set forth.

2.' The part A B, collar C, strap D, buckle D', and buckle E, combinedand adapted to operate as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. HODGMAN.

Witnesses:

ROBERT M. BARR, JAMES J. SHEEHY.

